Low-income employees are at a high risk for facing financial barriers to healthcare, which could mean higher costs and lost productivity for employers down the road.
Even when low-income workers — or those with annual family incomes of less than $35,000 — have employer-sponsored insurance, hurdles like high deductibles, coinsurance and drug prices can keep healthcare out of their reach, according to a new report from the Integrated Benefits Institute. The study found that one in three low-income employees needed healthcare they could not afford.
